Rev. Vanessa Titang

Tag: fear

  • The Sentient are Made to Feel, a prayer

    The Sentient are Made to Feel, a prayer

    * a joint prayer for those hurting, and for those hardened in these fearful times.



    How do you save the world
    Without your heart breaking?
    How do you care for the world
    With your heart breaking?
    How do you jump in to save another
    Without feeling harm?
    How do you human without hurt?
    Is it possible?
    Should it even be possible?
    This ache of empathy
    Is essential
    To being.

    The sentient are made to feel
    — sense that interconnects us to each other,
    A gift that makes us feel for each other,
    With hearts beating
    So comes pleasure, so comes pain,
    And so comes responsibility.
    Even should your heart be hardened,
    May it break so it’s soft underneath may be moved,
    To care for and about another,
    Another being,
    Like or unlike
    You.

    Sentient being,
    You were made to feel,
    Made to care,
    Sentient being
    May empathy be
    The sacred practice
    Of your soul;

    May it be so,

    Amen,

    Ashe

  • Present Liminal Moment

    Dearest one,
    Welcome to an in-between;
    Do not fear,
    It in itself is not a terrible place,
    It is but a liminal moment
    You find yourself in now,
    Breathe,
    This is but another moment,
    In a string of moments,
    In a space, perhaps more obvious
    By rite or occasion,
    That makes this moment obvious;
    You may quake in the face of uncertainty,
    Of “what comes next?”,
    Or “what does one do next?”
    Again, breathe,
    This is but a moment
    After you have come through so many,
    And this too shall pass,
    This is all part of your individual journey,
    At this stage,
    Perhaps you are more aware,
    awake,
    woke;
    Be present,
    Here and now,
    One moment,
    One step,
    One breath at a time,
    Birth your new being through
    This liminal moment;
    In this present,
    May you find assurance,
    Stability,
    And be steadfast in your confidence
    In Spirit of life and love that too
    Shines forth light,
    To illuminate even
    Your darkest spaces
    With starlight.

    May it be so;
    Blessed be.